Carcass tongue protector



April 25, 1939. c; 1 LOHNER 2,155,725

CARCAS S TONGUE PROTECTOR Filed March 29, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR A T 7' E s T Jim C I BY ATTORNEY April 25, 1939 c. LOHNER CARCASS TONGUE PROTECTOR Fil ed March 29, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (271"! l. [refiner INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 25, 1939 p v 2,155,725

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARCASS TONGUE PROTECTOR Carl L. Lohner, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Industrial Patents Corporation, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application March 29, 1937, Serial No. 133,727

4 Claims. (Cl. 17--1) This invention relates to means for protecting within the mouth of a carcass is shown in Figures the tongue of a carcass during processing. ,3, and 4.

One of the objects of the invention is to pro- It will be readily apparent that the form and vide means for protecting a hog tongue from the size of the enlargements may be varied as de- 5 teeth and from the dehairing beaters during desired. It will also be apparent that the means for 5 hairing of the carcass. protecting the tongue may be a metal sheath or Another object of the invention is to provide envelope such as is shown in the drawings, or any means for holding a tongue protector in the other desired guard means. mouth of a, ho carcass, The present invention is particularly directed in Other objects of the invention will be apparent to the means for holding the tongue protector in from the description and claims which follow; the carcass mouth agains lodgment by the Figure 1 is a side view of one embodiment'of action of dehairing beaters or gravity. the present invention. The means of the present invention for holding Figure 2 is a side view of another embodiment a tongue protector in a carcass mouth does not of the present invention. involve the use of pointed hooks or sharp pro- 15 Figure 3 is a partial side view of a hog carcass, iections, which might damage the tongue or the partly cut away, showing the manner of securing inside of the hogs mouth, and. does not involve the device illustrated in Figure 1 in the mouth of the use of resilient arms or spring members, the carcass, which ordinarily require auxiliary tools for in- Figure 4 is a partial side view of a hog carcass, sertion, but avails of the anatomy of the hogs 20 partly cut away, showing the manner of securing head by providing a holding means which may be the device illustrated in Figure 2 in the mouth of secured in an appropriate cranial cavity. the carcass. I claim:

Referring now more particularly-- to Figure 1: 1. A tongue protector comprising guard means 11-, 111 b noted that the sheath or envelope l for the tongue and holding means for securing the 25 is provided with rod 2 terminating in ball 3. In tongue protector in a carcass mouth, said holding using t tongue protector Shown in Figure 1, means being adapted to be secured in a cranial the tip of the tongue is covered by sheath l, the cavitytongue entering at 4. Rod 2 is bent at 5 whereby In a tongue Protector holdmg means ball or enlargement 3 may be fitted into the'fore i-" m an eniargement adapted to be Secured m portion of the pharynx, whereby it presses against cmmal 3. In a tongue protector, holding means comthe nasal turbinated bones of a hog shead, holdmg the sheath in position. prising a rod provided with an enlargement adapted to fit in the fore portion of the pharynx Figure 2 illustrates a tongue protector employh mg a Si ilar sheath g m that rod 2 is and press against t e nasal turbinated bones of a hog carcass head. bent at 5 in a direction opposite to that shown in In a tongue protector holding means Figure 1 and term nates in enlargement 5 prising a rod curved to form a hooking means ing an unpoi 11001! which y be lodged in adapted to be lodged in the opening of the trachea 49 the opening of the trachea in the hogs head. of a hog carcass head. 40 The manner of securing the several devices CARL L. LOHNER. 

